In the interest of privacy, I don't want to rehash my whole situation, but let me say it was a non-contested, seemingly simple matter that I ended up finishing myself after the cost added up far beyond my initial $1,500 retainer (never imagined it would go beyond that). The only value provided to me was the initial filing of the paperwork. Beyond that, the costs of emailing and a couple phone calls quickly added up to nearly $3k, without atty olmstead even finishing my case. I will say if this firm is good at anything, it's collecting their additional retainers and money! They called me and emailed me more than for anything else! Granted, I've never been through anything like this and hopefully never will again, but I feel I ended up doing much of the work figuring things out myself and never was given any indication I'd burn though three grand with little to show for it--a complete unpleasant surprise. There were some other oversights and deficiencies, too. Not a good experience.
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In the interest of privacy, I don't want to rehash my whole situation, but let me say it was a non-contested, seemingly simple matter that I ended up finishing myself after the cost added up far beyond my initial $1,500 retainer (never imagined it would go beyond that). The only value provided to me was the initial filing of the paperwork. Beyond that, the costs of emailing and a couple phone calls quickly added up to nearly $3k, without atty olmstead even finishing my case. I will say if this firm is good at anything, it's collecting their additional retainers and money! They called me and emailed me more than for anything else! Granted, I've never been through anything like this and hopefully never will again, but I feel I ended up doing much of the work figuring things out myself and never was given any indication I'd burn though three grand with little to show for it--a complete unpleasant surprise. There were some other oversights and deficiencies, too. Not a good experience.